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With 38 Students Per Class, Teachers Undergo Social-Emotional Development For Themselves

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Students began to care, she noted, after educators made topics such as writing “more personal,” often through building relationships outside of school hours. This article is part of an upcoming Guide exploring Social Emotional Learning, sponsored by Newsela. EdSurge has sole editorial control over the content of this story.

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‘Why Am I Just Learning About This?’ In New College Board Offering, Students Explore the African Diaspora

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The African diaspora is not taught as a standalone Advanced Placement course, but rather as a theme in AP Seminar through which students learn about real-world issues while developing skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, research and presentation. I pointed it out, and she said, ‘Yes, it is!’

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This Company Wants to Gather Student Brainwave Data to Measure ‘Engagement’

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Max Newlon, a research scientist at BrainCo, adds the company is also studying if the headset could help students and families “train their brain” to improve attention skills. Similar devices include Muse , a “personal meditation” headband intended to guide relaxation based on real-time EEG readings.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition)

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Ever wonder how stories covered by popular edtech outlets – such as edSurge, eSchoolNews, Tech & Learning, and THE Journal – get selected? A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition). Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Strong opinions may be loosely held.

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” The groups, Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council , both advocate for “gay conversion therapy.” ” “What’s At Stake in President Trump’s Order to Revamp Apprenticeship Programs,” according to Edsurge. ” Via Edsurge : “What Is ‘Quality’?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A year after filing a lawsuit against UCLA , two graduate students who said a professor sexually assaulted and harassed them will receive a combined $460,000 as part of a settlement agreement, the university said in a statement on Friday.” From the press release : “The U.S.

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DeVos’s statement from the Department of Education Press Office. ” Cuts to the NIH and research at the Energy Department. ” Education Week’s Sarah Sparks on the future for education research in light of these proposed budget cuts. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” An Education Dept.